INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The trio of grad senior Carter Hain, sophomore Andrew Landis, and senior Tanner Ware were tabbed to the 2026 Valeo Horizon League All-Academic Honorable Mention team on Tuesday, the league announced.
Hain, a graduate student from Phoenix, has started at second base in 47 games this season, hitting .266 with 45 hits, 17 RBIs and six home runs. He graduated from Oakland with a master's in business leadership, sporting a 3.60 GPA, and was a Fall 2025 member of Oakland's Dean's List and the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
Landis is a pre-business administration major with a 3.88 GPA, earning a spot on the Dean's List and Horizon League Academic Honor roll last semester. As a two-way player, he owns five hits with RBIs and tossed 13 strikeouts from the mound.
Ware graduated from OU with a degree in exercise science this semester, has been a two-time President's and three-time Dean's List member at Oakland, and been on the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll five times in his career. This season, he's pitched 35.1 innings with 23 strikeouts and a win and earned Horizon League Pitcher of the Week for his Sunday performance against Youngstown State in March.
2026 Valeo #HLBASE All-Academic Team
Aiden Fishnick, Milwaukee
Charlie Marion, Milwaukee
Camden Kuhnke, Milwaukee
Brady Horn, Milwaukee
Josh Williams, Northern Kentucky
Jake Paulick, Northern Kentucky
Chet Lax, Wright State
JP Peltier, Wright State
Gus Gregory, Wright State
Patrick Fultz, Wright State
Griffen Paige, Wright State
Braden Gebhardt, Youngstown State
Teddy Ruffner, Youngstown State
Brayden Kuriger, Youngstown State
2026 #HLBASE Honorable Mentions
Aric Ehmke, Milwaukee
Tanner Ware, Oakland
Carter Hain, Oakland
Andrew Landis, Oakland
Hunter Warren, Wright State
The Golden Grizzlies wrap up the regular season this weekend with a three-game series at Milwaukee. First pitch for game one is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET on May 14 on ESPN+.
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